Sale reports / Florida / Columbia Livestock Market / 2019-09-16

Columbia Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lake City, Florida · Mon, Sep 16
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1418
Feeder Cattle receipts
517 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 598▲ 92 vs year ago 425 · +21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 86▲ 59 vs year ago 30 · +196.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 30▼ 3 vs year ago 79 · −3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.90/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$125.90
94 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538128.7569266
Medium and Large 2474119.1656528
One grade step is worth $9.59/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale94 hd
125.90
—
FL average9 barns · 923 hd
126.55
−0.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,54881.081,2556thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16150.1858329
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78050.008902thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98942.8042327

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Columbia Livestock Auction - Lake City, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—528108.45/cwt106.00–110.005735
BullsMedium and Large 1—428127.74/cwt125.00–129.005476
BullsMedium and Large 1—478117.90/cwt112.00–120.0056411
BullsMedium and Large 2—578103.84/cwt102.00–105.006005
BullsMedium and Large 2—480108.40/cwt105.00–110.005206
BullsMedium and Large 2—436112.14/cwt107.00–115.004899
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423113.69/cwt109.00–118.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477109.75/cwt105.00–112.005246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573104.58/cwt101.00–108.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373118.07/cwt116.00–120.004408
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523106.58/cwt104.00–110.0055712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—573115.11/cwt110.00–120.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—528116.58/cwt113.00–120.006166
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523101.72/cwt100.00–105.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425100.18/cwt95.00–105.004264
HeifersMedium and Large 2—47397.59/cwt95.00–100.004624
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375109.08/cwt106.00–111.004095
SteersMedium and Large 1—429144.91/cwt140.00–150.006225
SteersMedium and Large 1—625116.61/cwt113.00–120.007298
SteersMedium and Large 1—476138.56/cwt133.00–143.0066011
SteersMedium and Large 1—578126.58/cwt124.00–129.0073220
SteersMedium and Large 1—525126.57/cwt124.00–129.0066422
SteersMedium and Large 2—572108.65/cwt105.00–111.006215
SteersMedium and Large 2—523111.55/cwt110.00–113.005836
SteersMedium and Large 2—370132.97/cwt130.00–135.004927
SteersMedium and Large 2—469119.31/cwt116.00–124.0056010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—973985.27/cwt950.00–1,050.009,5873
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00398.50/cwt95.00–110.009884
Bulls——1,54881.08/cwt77.00–84.001,2556
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16150.18/cwt47.00–54.0058329
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,78050.00/cwt50.00–50.008902
CowsLean 85-90%—98942.80/cwt38.00–47.0042327

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.